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The National College Football Awards Association will unveil preseason watch lists for 16 of its awards from Monday, July 29 through Tuesday, August 13, beginning with the Maxwell Award and ending with the Butkus Award.
The watch lists will include names of returning standout players and will commence as preseason conference media days finish. All watch lists will be released at Noon ET each day.
The Butkus Award watch list will close the 12-day rollout with a tribute to the award's legendary namesake, Dick Butkus, who passed away on October 5, 2023.
Nine of the NCFAA awards will be featured on The Home Depot College Football Awards, to be aired live on ESPN on Thursday, Dec. 12. The complete awards calendar, featuring the dates of semifinalists and finalists for all 24 NCFAA awards, will be released shortly.
Monday, July 29:
Robert "Tiny" Maxwell - Player
Tuesday, July 30:
Outland - Interior Lineman
Bronko Nagurski - Defense
Wednesday, July 31:
Jim Thorpe - Defensive back
Thursday, August 1:
Paul Hornung - Most versatile
Friday, August 2:
Lou Groza - Placekicker
Ray Guy - Punter
Monday, August 5:
Walter Camp - Player
Tuesday, August 6:
Doak Walker, Running Back
Wednesday, August 7:
Fred Biletnikoff - Receiver
Thursday, August 8:
Davey O'Brien - Quarterback
Friday, August 9:
John Mackey - Tight End
Dave Rimington - Center
Monday, August 12:
Chuck Bednarik - Defense
Tuesday, August 13:
Dick Butkus - Linebacker
Congrove, founder of CollegeFootballPoll.com (1999) and creator of the computer algorithm that is known as the Congrove Computer Rankings (1993), is a contributing writer to his own website and other publications. He is a voter or nominating member for every major college football award that isn't handled internally (other than the Heisman).
Specifically, Congrove is a voter for these:
Robert "Tiny" Maxwell
Fred Biletnikoff
Ray Guy
Chuck Bednarik
Lou Groza
Ray Guy
Vince Lombardi
Congrove is a member of the nominating panel for these:
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Outland Trophy
Chuck Bednarik
The entire process is internal for these:
Jim Thorpe
Paul Hornung
Danny Wuerffel
Walter Camp
John Mackey
Dave Rimington
Doak Walker
Davey O'Bien
Dave Rimington
Dick Butkus
In addtion to those duties mentioned above, Congrove is also a:
Member Football Writers Association of America
Member National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame
Member Maxwell Football Club
Voter FWAA-NFF Super 16 Football Poll
Nominating member FWAA All-America Team
Voter Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award
Voter FCS Punter of the Year
Voter George Munger Award
Voter NFL Bert Bell Player of the Year Award
Voter NFL Greasy Neale Coach of the Year Award
Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit the NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.
AP Coach of the Year
Johnny Unitas - Senior/Graduate quarterback
Walter Payton - aka, the FCS equivalent to the Heisman
Buck Buchanan - aka, FCS Defense equivalent to Bednarik, Nagurski
Deacon Jones - HBCU Player
Shaun Alexander - Top Freshman FBS
Jerry Rice - Top Freshman FCS
Fred Mitchell - Top Kicker in FCS/ D2, D3, NAIA, NJCAA
Home Depot Coach of the Year - Selected exclusively by ABC/ESPN Broadcasters/Analysts
Danny Wuerffel - Community/Athletics
Ronnie Lott - Personal Character
Brandon Burlsworth - Walk-on
Frank Broyles - Assistant Coach
Disney Spirit - Inspirational player, team, or related figure
Gene Stallings - Head Coach/Humanitarian
William V. Campbell - Athlete/Scholar
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Jon Cornish - given annually to the top Canadian player in NCAA football. The award is named after Canadian Football Hall of Famer (CFHOF) Jon Cornish and has been presented since 2017, with the trophy debuting two years later on display at the CFHOF.